Sorry about the last post sounding whiny. I was more concerned that everyone seems to be having a bad year, plus my self-imposed working-busy isolation.

Thank you for all of your responses!

Answers to the movie meme here.Wow. Nobody guessed the two remaining. Nobody even tried the meme in their own journal. Last February this meme was a big hit and a lot of fun. I'm thinking either ( Read more... )

In the interest of fun, I have brought back an oldie but a goodie. I parred down the number of movies from 15 to 5 though.

Movie Quote Meme1. Pick 5 of your favorite movies ( Read more... )

After almost exactly 10 years I bought a new pair of glasses.

( New glasses )

So, part of the new website I'm working on has lots and lots of maps of the Battle of Chickamauga. Here is an example. The maps on the site will have much better resolution.


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The bird. He's back... and he's trying to get in again!

Birds!

Yes, as in the Hitchcock movie. This morning a small chickadee-type bird sat on one of our chairs on the patio and tried to fly through our back door. Like 7 times. After the first 3 I walked to the door and scared him away. He came back and tried again 4 more times until I closed the blinds on the window. Then he flew away.

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Expect gas prices to stabalize and start going up if reports continue that Obama is going to issue an Executive Order ending offshore drilling again. Definitely on the rise when he actually does it.

While nobody was paying attention, the war in Iraq is already won. We're just negotiating with the Iraqi government for troop withdrawal ( Read more... )

It was a great campaign. I hope Obama does as much good for the country as everyone hopes he will.